Improvement in gas-carbonizing attachments for street and other lights



s. WHITNEY.

Carbureter.

No. 107,743. Pdliented Sept 2'7, 1870 N-PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGHAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

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VSA-MUEL WHITNEY, or NEW-ARK, NEW JERSEY.

1 Letters weatherman, dated September 27, 1370.

I MPRQVE MENT IN GASCARBONIZING ATTACHMENTS FOR STREETAND OTHER LIGHTS;

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom-alt may concern Be it known thatI, SAMUEL Wmrsnr, of N ew-' ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Gas-Oarbonizing Attachment forStreet'and other Lamps; and I-do, hereby declare that the following is a full; clear, and

exact d'escription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification. I

My invention relates to means for conveniently carbonizing the gas in streetlamps, and'consists in the im rovenients hereinafter explaincdin the description anl specified in the-claim.

Figure lrepresents a sectional elevation of a gascarhonizing attachment to street lamps, or portable burners, such as I prefer to use.

Figure 2 is an elevation of a street lamp, showing a carbonizing attachment applied to it, Figure 3 is. anelevation of a portable burnerstand with a carbonizer attached;

, Similar letters oi reference indicate corresponding A is avessel for holding the hydrocarbon substance, suchas benzole and other like substances.-

B isan outer case or shell, inclosing the vessel A, a but made-enough larger toprovide a space between the two vessels fin packing with plaster of Paris, as bestos, orother non-heat-conduoting substances Gt'o maintain .the contents of the a temperature aspossibler V, r r The ontenv'essel, B, is'provided with a'plug,D, or other device at r the bottom, fitted 'to be connected with the gas-pipeE thcreatby screwing together, or

otherwise, This block or plug may also be arranged for connection with the top .of the gas lamp-poster the stand of a portable burner in any suitable way for supporting the carbonizer. firmly; I E, fig. 3, represents the gas-pipe for portable burners. l

F is a pipeconnected to the plug D for receiving the gas from the pipe E, and conveyingit up through thevossel A to the cylinder G, placed on the said pipe F, abovea diaphragm H near the top of A, and having closed ends and perforated sides.

I is another cylinder, open at the bottom, .closed at the top, andlalso pclforatedat the sides; this is larger than cylinder G and isplaced over it, and attached firmly by soldering, or otherwise, 'at-the lower end to the diaphragm, which has a large central hole for the" purpose, and is employed to sustain the said cylin- .K represents wicking, or ili'may be other substance, which will'f'eed the benzole upward to the space between the cylinder This tricking isarranged as i i f onizer at 'as uniform shown in the drawing, suspended from the top of the cylinder G, and extends atthe lower ends to the bottom of the space in the vessel A, where it may he confined by a weight, L; this space is to holdthe benzole or'other liquid which is to be suppliedthrough the pipe M, from time to time. l N is a -pipeconnection' at the top of the cn-bonizer, leading to the burner O. i

It will be seen that the gas rising up through the pipes E and F will be discharged into the space in the cylinder 'G; thence it will be forced by the pressure behind it through the small perforations in all directions in a manner to greatly distribute and mix' it with the benzole heldin the space between the two cylinders by the wicking after passing through this Making and the outer cylinder the impregnated gas is held in the chamber 1 until it passes off to the burner. V I

The cylindrical parts of the vessels A B are formedby bending or rolling sheet metal into cylindrical form in any suitable way, and. the conical ends may be spun up in the ordinary manner of spinning metal, and the ends of the parts may be fitted one within .the other and soldered, bronzed, or otherwise secured.

I-propose to coatthe surface of the upper part of the vessel A withsilrer, or other reflecting substance, and thereby utilize it for a reflector to receive the of light thrown'downward, and give them a lateral direction,.so as to increase the illumination.

The silver-plated part ofthe vessel B may be protected by an inverted cup-shaped glass-protector with a hole in the bottom, and adapted in form to fit the top of the vessel B, and be placed on the silvered part.

By this simple and cheap carbonizing attachment I am enabled to provide all street gas-lamps and portable gas-burne-rs with carbonized gas, so that corporations may have the benefit of it in street lamps, which they cannot now have unless all the gas manufactured 'bythe gas companieshe'carbonized previous to de livery into the street mains, and which would not be as efficient, owing to the condensation of the hydrocarbon vapor inthe gasmains, and individuals using drop-lights in houses not provided with carbonizers may also have the improvedlight with but little trouble or expense. 1

I do not limit myself to anyparticularform construction of these. carbonizer attachments, as it is manifest. that other Toms andconstructions would serve well in carrying out my invention without departing from the spirit of it.

1 Having thus described my invention, 7

I claim as new and desire to securehy Letters Pat entr 1. The combination, with a street gas-lamp and ca-rhonizing attachment, of the surrounding chamber 0, filled with plaster, or other non-conducting substance, as and for the purpose described.

2. A spun metal jacket, B, for gas-carbonizers, silvered around its upper surface to arrest the downward rays of light, reflect them outwardly, same. v

3. The combination of non-conducting material in chamber 0, and the reflecting surface around the upand utilize the 

